"I heard a fly buzz when I died"

"Because I could not stop for death"

I Heard a fly buzz when I died

Because I could not stop for Death

Poetry Meaning

- She is too busy and has too many things to do before she dies
- Death comes to her and takes her in his carriage
-The carriage ride was like a journey of life and the hardships of it
-Death is not seen as a scary being in this poem, but rather a kind gentleman taking her to eternal life

- Someone is about to die
- The room is peaceful and everything is ready for her departure
- Right as she is about die, a fly buzzes making a disturbance and annoyance to the people at the persons deathbed